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• Astros' home to be Daikin Park; deal through '39
The Astros' home will get a new name Jan. 1, switching from Minute Maid Park to Daikin Park under an agreement through the 2039 season....2024
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• Houston Texans News: Beyonce to headline halftime show of Texans/Ravens game on Christmas

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Monday, November 18, 2024. Houston Texans News Houston Texans’ Dylan Horton reflects on cancer battle and return to football (ABC News) Good news and bad news when it comes to the Texans injury report ahead of the game against Dallas (KHOU 11 CBS) Beyoncé to perform at ...2024
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• Astros Reach New Naming Rights Deal For Ballpark
The Astros and Daikin Comfort Technologies North America have reached agreement on a 15-year naming rights for the team’s downtown ballpark, the team announced (video link via X). Beginning in 2025, Houston’s Minute Maid Park will be renamed Daikin Park. The new name will remain in place through the 2039 season. “We are excited to…...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Could the Blue Jays be serious about Juan Soto?

Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images The Canadian club was also in the discussion about Shohei Ohtani last year, could they be ready to spend? Happy Monday, BCB friends! Not a load of preamble today, but plenty of links to jump into. Today we’ll be looking at whether to not the Blue Jays could be a sleeper contender for Juan Soto; why the Dodgers aren’t a sure thing for netting Roki...2024
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• Evaluating Rockies TV: Year 1

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Back on December 12, 2023, I speculated about the future of the Colorado Rockies TV broadcasts. At the time, the only models we had were MLB’s takeovers of the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres broadcasts. Now we’re a year in, and while some questions remain unanswered, it’s worth takin...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario walks it off to take 2-0 NLCS lead

Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The main reason why people still chant his name, years afterwards. Braves franchise history 1991: In Game 7 of the NLCS, the Atlanta Braves’ Brian Hunter’s two-run home run in the 1st inning is all John Smoltz needs as he tosses a 4-0 shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves win their first National League pennant since their mov...2024
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• Houston Texans News: Beyonce to headline halftime show of Texans/Ravens game on Christmas
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• Today in White Sox History: October 17

With one swing on this day 19 years ago, Albert Pujols made Chicago’s job in the World Series just a little bit easier. | SetNumber: X74419 TK2 The South Siders have to wait a bit before seeing who their opponent will be in the 2005 World Series Chicago Tribune 1923 Manager Kid Gleason, who piloted the villainous Black Sox in 1919 and oversaw the team in the aftermath o...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview

Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...2024
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• Houston Texans News: Multiple Texans receivers land on injured list

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Friday, September 27, 2024. Houston Texans News If Texans want to roll Jaguars, they’ll need the Joe Mixon Show (Chron.com) Tank Dell is hurting, which could be another blow to Texans’ offense (Houston Chronicle) Nico Collins pops up on Texans’ practice report wit...2024
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• Vinnie Pasquantino’s injury exposed the Royals’ biggest organizational weakness

Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino (9 reacts after a collision with Houston Astros catcher Yainer Diaz (21) in the eighth inning at Minute Maid Park. | Thomas Shea-Imagn Images “Next man up” only works if there’s a next man to do the job Things are good for the Kansas City Royals, primarily for one big reason: The Royals are extremely likely to make it to the playoffs for ...2024
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Astros are still very good - but for how much longer? The Astros have had a mini-dynasty lately. They have reached the American League Championship Series in each of the last seven years, winning four pennants and two championships. Notwithstanding their sign-stealing scandal, they have been a franchise to emulate with a record of success any other organiz...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Five position players make the next cut We’re entering the mid-point of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26 and 25-21; today we head into the top 20. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. Fo...2024
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• Can the Houston Astros turn their season around in time?

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Astros are off to one of their worst starts in years. There’s still plenty of time left in the season but they need to get going and quickly, or else. Ten years ago, you could've argued that any type of major and sustained success for the Houston Astros would've been uncharted territory for them. After all, following the 2014 series this was a franc...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 5

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Carlos Zambrano helps himself with the bat, Babe Ruth, Richie Ashburn, and more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narrativ...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2023: numbers 5 to 3

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Two outfielders and a pitcher start off the Top 5 We’ve entered the top five of the mid-season 2023 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list! Today we’ll rank PuRPs 3, 4 and 5 and tomorrow we’ll reveal the top two. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16, 15-11, and 10-6. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 22 ballots were cast, with 30 points ...2023
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2024
"WATCH: Astros' Jose Altuve hits ball through Minute Maid Park scoreboard vs. White Sox"

2023
"The ALDS begins Saturday at Minute Maid Park"

2022
"They’re down 0-2 […] Did Astros opening Minute Maid Park roof hurt Yankees, Aaron Judge in Game 2 loss?"

2021
"The Braves ended a 26-year drought with their first World Series title since 1995, clinching the championship with a 7-0 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park."

2020
"Baylor baseball completed the weekend sweep at the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic with a 3-2 victory over Number 6 Arkansas on Sunday evening at Minute Maid Park, winning the tournament crown."

2019
"The greatest players in Astros history will be immortalized at Minute Maid Park beginning later this year when the club opens a Hall of Fame with the goal to honor, preserve, communicate and educate fans about the rich history of the state's oldest baseball franchise."

2018
"Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel, in his typical good-natured fashion, feigned a slight limp when he approached a group of reporters Saturday at Minute Maid Park before breaking into laughter and returning to a normal steady gait."

2017
"Minute Maid madness! Astros win wild G5 in 10"

2016
"drove in Hanley Ramirez with the go-ahead run in the 12th inning with a bases-loaded single to right field off Ken Giles, sending the Red Sox to a 7-5 win over the Astros in a five-plus-hour Sunday night tilt at Minute Maid Park."

2015
"Mark Teixeira's two-run double in the eighth inning off Pat Neshek proved to be the difference as the Yankees reclaimed the lead after blowing a big early advantage, holding on for a 9-6 victory over the Astros on Saturday at Minute Maid Park."

2014
"The team is prepared to adjust Minute Maid Park's schedule if necessary."

• Outside The Confines: Could the Blue Jays be serious about Juan Soto?
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• Evaluating Rockies TV: Year 1
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• MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason

Bobby Witt Jr’s MVP-like performance helped push the Royals back to the postseason. Kauffman Stadium was built for speed. Ironically, that wasn’t the intent. When the stadium was constructed for the 1973 season, the team anticipated home runs would go up since the dimensions were actually smaller than their previous home at Municipal Stadium, where hitters had to smack a ball 360 feet down the le...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Vinnie Pasquantino’s injury exposed the Royals’ biggest organizational weakness
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
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• Giants-Lions joint practices: Top matchups we’re watching

Lucas Boland-USA TODAY Sports How will the Giants fare practicing against one of the NFL’s better teams? The New York Giants host the Detroit Lions for two joint practices on Monday and Tuesday. These practices precede the team’s preseason game on Thursday. The Lions lost by a field goal to the San Fransico 49ers in the NFC Championship Game last season. They’re a physical team and a good ...2024
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• Tyler The Conqueror Leades Rays To Another Series Win: Rays 1, Astros 0

Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports Tyler Alexander allowed only three hits as he dominated Astros’ hitters. The Rays usually take a next-man-up approach, and today, it was time for a new opener. Shawn Armstrong served as the Rays eight times, and they have used one since July 2023. With his departure at the trade deadline, it’s time for someone else to fill the role. Enter Hunter Bigge. Bigge ...2024
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 107 thread: Austin Gomber vs. Erik Miller

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies will look to avoid the sweep in the Bay Area this afternoon The Colorado Rockies continue their 11-day, 10-game road trip through California as they look to avoid their eighth sweep of the year. They are playing the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, where they have lost 11-straight games. That is tied for their third-longest losing streak a...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario walks it off to take 2-0 NLCS lead
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• Today in White Sox History: October 17
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Astros’ starter outduels Royals starter for second night in a row, Royals lose 5-2

Cole Ragans #55 of the Kansas City Royals pitches in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on August 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. | Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images Ragans was amazing until he wasn’t. Here’s a rule change the Royals could get behind if it were applied to tonight: let the Royals choose one inning to eliminate from the final results. If you did th...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
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• Can the Houston Astros turn their season around in time?
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• Keeping tabs on old White Sox friends: Vol. 4

Reynaldo López is coming of age in Atlanta. | Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Reynaldo López thrives in Atlanta, Marcus Semien continues to shine, and Joe Kelly hits the IL again Hey there, fellow White Sox fans! Welcome to this season’s new feature. It’s a bimonthly update on how some of our beloved former players are faring with their current teams. Additionally, I’ll cov...2024
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• The Atlanta Braves rally late to beat the Houston Astros in extra innings for the sweep

Orlando Arcia came through in extras to help the Braves sweep the Astros | Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports In what looked like a day where the Braves could not get anything going, they rallied late in the game to defeat the Astros in extra innings. The Atlanta Braves took on the Houston Astros this afternoon in the series finale The first inning looked like the Braves may get something going...2024
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• Adolis García stole the show in MLB Playoffs for Rangers, and it shouldn’t be forgotten

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Remembering Adolis García’s incredible run through the MLB Playoffs. There’s been plenty of talk about the American League MVP Shohei Ohtani and the National League MVP Ronald Acuña Jr., especially right here on SB Nation and on Battery Power back in September. There’s also been plenty of talk about the World Series MVP, which is fully warranted since Corey ...2023
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• Evaluating Rockies TV: Year 1
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• Today in White Sox History: October 17
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• MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
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• Tyler The Conqueror Leades Rays To Another Series Win: Rays 1, Astros 0
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• The Skinny Post: Hard Knocks with the New York Giants looks ... interesting?

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images There is a lot happening in and around the NFL and we have it all covered in the latest edition of The Skinny Post. We’re in the final week of June, which means we’re about to creep into the month in which NFL training camps are set to begin. Hitting July means the upcoming NFL season is right around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited. In the meanti...2024
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• Can the Houston Astros turn their season around in time?
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• Keeping tabs on old White Sox friends: Vol. 4
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• Game Thread #45: Milwaukee Brewers (26-18) @ Houston Astros (20-25)

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Milwaukee Brewers are back at it tonight in Houston, taking on the Astros at Minute Maid Park at 6:10 pm. Bryse Wilson will be on the hill for Milwaukee, with former MVP, Rookie of the Year, and three-time Cy Young Award winner (and current 41-year-old man) Justin Verlander pitching for Houston. The Brewers lost a heartbreaker last night, a back and forth g...2024
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• Reynaldo López looks to keep up the consistency as starter for Braves against Astros

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images So far, it's been López leading the way for the rotation. The Braves are certainly looking forward to him keeping it going for a third straight start to kick off the season. The Atlanta Braves will be facing the Houston Astros tonight with the hopes of picking up their first series win since, well, you know when. They pulled away last night with anothe...2024
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• Minute Maid madness! Astros win wild G5 in 10
They were down but never out. They were bruised but not beaten. The never-say-die Astros -- facing a four-run deficit in a pivotal Game 5 of the World Series with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw on the mound -- pulled off the unthinkable in an epic game in an unforgettable Fall Classic. Alex Bregman shot a walk-off single into left field off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the 10th inning to put an en...2017
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• Teixeira lifts Yanks with 2B after Astros rally
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• Texas-born duo helps Yankees edge Astros
Chris Young and Nathan Eovaldi called this area home during their formative years, and the duo returned to the Lone Star State in style, leading the Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Astros on Friday night at Minute Maid Park....2015
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• Astros win 1st AL pennant! Date with LA next
The Astros are headed to their first Fall Classic as an American League team, and second overall, after taking a 4-0 victory over the Yankees in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series presented by Camping World on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park....2017
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• Yanks' run ends with Game 7 loss to Astros
The Astros are headed to their first Fall Classic as an American League team, and second overall, after taking a 4-0 victory over the Yankees in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series presented by Camping World on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park....2017
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• JBJ's RBI in 12th lifts Red Sox in Houston
Jackie Bradley Jr. drove in Hanley Ramirez with the go-ahead run in the 12th inning with a bases-loaded single to right field off Ken Giles, sending the Red Sox to a 7-5 win over the Astros in a five-plus-hour Sunday night tilt at Minute Maid Park....2016
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• JBJ's RBI in 12th lifts Red Sox in Houston
Jackie Bradley Jr. drove in Hanley Ramirez with the go-ahead run in the 12th inning with a bases-loaded single to right field off Ken Giles, sending the Red Sox to a 7-5 win over the Astros in a five-plus-hour Sunday night tilt at Minute Maid Park....2016
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• Hair of the Dog: Week 6, New Orleans Saints @ Houston Texans

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Where representatives of the Bayeaux City visit the Bayou City Over the past two seasons, the Houston Texans have averaged 3.5 wins against a 17 game schedule. In 2021, it took them until Week 15 to log their 3rd win. Last season, the Texans only hit the 3-win mark in the last game of the season, in what at the time was considered one of the most unwanted...2023
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• I Am The Bregman I Slammed The White Sox Goo Goo G’Joob
Bro...bro...bro...I'm not saying bro...Bro...bro...bro...I'm trying to say broke! I'm emotional devastated that Lucas Giolito (3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 5.34) is so broke. Does Lucas Giolito look at a pile of garbage and think he's looking in a mirror? I'll be honest with you, I've seen piles of trash that have more redeeming qualities. Get a good pile of recyclables and maybe they can turn into somethin...2022
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• This day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario walks it off to take 2-0 NLCS lead
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• MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason
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• Houston Texans News: Multiple Texans receivers land on injured list
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• Astros' Alex Bregman, playing potential final regular-season home game for Houston, gets standing ovation

Bregman, who will play again at Minute Maid Park in the playoffs, is heading to free agency this winter...2024
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• Vinnie Pasquantino’s injury exposed the Royals’ biggest organizational weakness
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• Astros’ starter outduels Royals starter for second night in a row, Royals lose 5-2
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• Astros series preview: A fading dynasty?
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
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• MLB announces pools and venues for the 2026 World Baseball Classic

Photo by Rob Tringali/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images There will also be qualifiers held next spring. The World Baseball Classic has been great fun since it began in 2006, providing compelling games and the excitement of MLB players playing for their countries. The last out of the 2023 WBC, with Shohei Ohtani striking out Mike Trout to give Japan the championship, was great theater: Toda...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 20-16
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• Keeping tabs on old White Sox friends: Vol. 4
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• Adolis García stole the show in MLB Playoffs for Rangers, and it shouldn’t be forgotten
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• Dusty Baker is retiring as a manager

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images ... and I have thoughts. Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Dusty Baker will announce his retirement from baseball today: A press conference has been scheduled for Thursday at noon ET at Minute Maid Park, where Baker is expected to publicly announce his decision. “I’m very grateful and thankful to Jim Crane and the Houston Astros for giving me this oppo...2023
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• Hair of the Dog: Week 6, New Orleans Saints @ Houston Texans
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• Astros series preview: Astroball keeps winning

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images With the sign-stealing scandal behind them, the Astros just keep on winning. There are only two weeks left in the season, but the Royals and Astros will play each other for the first time this year, meeting again in Houston next weekend. The Astros continue to roll on as a juggernaut, with the third-best record in the American League, but holding onto a...2023
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Astros series preview
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images It’s been four years since these teams have played each other. The last time these two clubs met was May 29, 2019. The Cubs won 2-1. Of the 23 men who played in that game, just one is on either team’s current active roster -- Alex Bregman. Somehow, that seems like a very long time ago. For more on the Astros, here’s William Metzger, managing editor of o...2023
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• The Official Unofficial 2023 White Sox Cope Guide
Spring Training is upon us, time to gear up for another summer. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images Here’s our handbook to surviving the summer Happy February, White Sox fans. It’s almost time for Spring Training, and many of you may be wondering how to move on from the nauseatingly mediocre 81-81 season of 2022, after being subsequently bludgeoned by the empty offseason impotence of the front offic...2023
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